Senior Quantity Surveyor (London)

This role is an exciting opportunity to help deliver major infrastructure projects, including works to service and enable land, highways projects and new community amenities, to help create an ambitious, sustainable and vibrant new community of 8,500 homes at the Gilston Park Estate in East Hertfordshire.

Gilston Park Estate is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver six distinct new villages bound together by landscape and community to the north of Harlow. It is unique in its design and infrastructure-led approach, with six distinct villages, each with their own character, buffered by accessible green spaces and, crucially, linked by a sustainable transport network which will enable residents' direct access to Harlow's economic opportunities and infrastructure plus accessibility by road and rail to elsewhere to achieve ambitious 60% modal shift targets. The infrastructure to be delivered includes major highways projects including new bridges over a river and railway, new country parks, community amenities and works to service and enable land for 8,500 new homes and supporting amenities including a leisure centre, sports facilities and a health centre.

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises.  That's someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

More about your role
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering major infrastructure programmes as part of the ambitious Gilston Park Estate development -a new, sustainable community of 8,500 homes in East Hertfordshire.

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of complex infrastructure including highways, bridges, utilities, landscaping and community amenities. From project inception through to completion, you'll ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards, including CDM regulations.

You'll lead on budget management, forecasting and programme control, securing planning and technical approvals, and overseeing procurement activity. The role also involves managing multidisciplinary teams, administering contracts and tendering processes, and driving value engineering to deliver cost efficiencies. Strong stakeholder engagement, robust recordkeeping, and clear reporting to senior leadership will be essential to ensure projects remain on track and aligned with business objectives.

More about you
We're looking for an experienced Senior QS with a strong background in delivering largescale infrastructure projects such as highways, civils, drainage and utilities. You'll bring indepth knowledge of construction methodologies, cost management, contract administration (NEC / JCT) and regulatory compliance.

You'll be confident leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex stakeholder relationships and navigating highvalue schemes. Exceptional communication, leadership and negotiation skills are key, along with the ability to influence outcomes and support the successful delivery of major strategic projects.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%

• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave including bank holidays with the option to buy or sell leave

• Bonus Scheme

• Company Car/Allowance

• Training and development